Much of today’s world can be termed as developed considering the economic development worldwide. Nowadays much of the society is being built by the males and females equally but this was very much unlikely even in the previous decade. However, still today a lot of the under developed and the developing countries deny to treat males and females equally because they feel differently about these two genders. This very ideology gave rise to the concept of feminism. Feminism not only deals with the problems the female population faces but it also deals with the kinds of oppression the females have to face, be it at the workplace or at home.

Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights. Much of feminism deals specifically with the problems women face in overcoming social barriers, but some feminists argue that gender equality implies a necessary liberation of both men and women from traditional cultural roles, and look at the problems men face as well.

Feminism is both an intellectual commitment and a political movement that seeks justice for women and the end of sexism in all forms. Motivated by the quest for social justice, feminist inquiry provides a wide range of perspectives on social, cultural, and political phenomena. Important topics for feminist theory and politics include: the body, class and work, disability, the family, globalization, human rights, popular culture, race and racism, reproduction, science, the self, sex work, and sexuality. Extended discussion of these topics is included in the sub-entries.Feminism brings many things to philosophy including not only a variety of particular moral and political claims, but ways of asking and answering questions, critiques of mainstream philosophical views and methods, and new topics of inquiry. Feminist contributions to and interventions in mainstream philosophical debates are covered in entries under "Feminism, interventions".

The term 'feminism' has many different uses and its meanings are often contested. For example, some writers use the term 'feminism' to refer to a historically specific political movement in the US and Europe ; other writers use it to refer to the belief that there are injustices against women, though there is no consensus on the exact list of these injustices. Our goal here will be to sketch some of the central uses of the term that are most relevant to those interested in contemporary feminist philosophy. For an overview of the history of feminist thought see: "Feminism, history of". The references I provide below are only a small sample of the work available on the topics in question; more complete bibliographies are available at the specific topical entries and also at the end of this entry.

In the mid-1800's the term 'feminism' was used to refer to "the qualities of females" , and it was not until after the First International Women's Conference in Paris in 1892 that the term, following the French term féministe, was used regularly in English for a belief in and advocacy of equal rights for women based on the idea of the equality of the sexes. Some feminists trace the origins of the term "feminism" in English as rooted in the movement in Europe and the US beginning with the mobilization for suffrage during the late 19th and early 20th century and refer to this movement as "First Wave" feminism. Those who employ this history often depict feminist as waning between the two world wars, to be "revived" in the late 1960's and early 1970's as what they label "Second Wave" feminism. More recently, transformations of feminism in the past decade have been referred to as "Third Wave" feminism.

However, other feminist scholars object to identifying feminism with these particular moments of political activism, on the grounds that doing so eclipses the...

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The issue of gender inequality is a publicly known problem which has been occurring in society for decades. Gender inequality still exists in today’s society. The problem of gender inequality can be seen most prominently through women’s representation in the media. In order to understand this issue, one must get to the root of this problem and comprehend the sociological factors which continuously contribute to the causes of women being misrepresented by the media in society. In comparison to our male counterparts, women are constantly being scrutinized by the media for the way they look. Women in society today are objectified as sex objects by mass media to appeal to the male viewer. Gender inequality and women’s representation in the media directly relates to the theory of radical feminism and how we still live in a patriarch cal society today. For instance, according to Lerner, “not only is patriarchy historically the first structure of domination and submission, it continues as the most pervasive and enduring system of inequality, the basic societal model of domination” (Ritzer, p. 219). As a result, of a male dominant society women are seen by men as unequal counterparts.
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(Q) Assess the contribution of feminism to an understanding of society. (1,200-1,500).
Feminism is a movement that argues that women suffer injustices in society because of their gender. “Like Marxists, Feminists take a critical view of the family and see that family as an institution that benefits men more than women and children” (Webb, R. ‘et al’, 2008, pg.43.). The development of feminism has led to attention being focused on the subordinate position of women in many societies. Feminists believe that women need to fight for their rights and free themselves from patriarchy. Feminist sociologists have been mainly responsible for developing theories of gender inequality, yet there is little agreement about the causes of this inequality, or about what actions should be taken to reduce or end it. There are several feminist approaches that can be broadly distinguished however, I will discuss the four most important, which include: liberal, radical, Marxist and difference feminism. The purpose of this assignment is to asses what the different types of feminism are and how they are applied in society today.
“Liberal feminism was the earliest form of feminist theory and in that it was concerned principally with legal restrictions on women, and the effect of these on the construction of gender inequalities”. (Kirby M., ‘et al’, 2000, pg.527). Liberal Feminists focus...

...﻿What is feminism in sociology terms?
Feminist sociologists see it as their role to examine the position of women in society, and to uncover the ways in which patriarchy, or the power of men, has been used to control and oppress women. – Their choice of research tends to be influenced by this.
There are four main types of feminist theory that attempt to explain the social differences between men and women:
1) Gender Differences: this examines how women's location in, and experience of, social situations differ from men's. Examples may include the sexual division of labor in the household, so women cooking, cleaning, looking after kids etc., then the men providing the income to the family,
2) Gender Inequality: These theories recognize that women's location in, and experience of, social situations are not only different but also unequal to men's. Many feminists point out that marriage is a site of gender inequality and that women do not benefit from being married as men do. Indeed, married women have higher levels of stress than unmarried women and married men.
3) Gender Oppression: These theories suggest that not only are women different from or unequal to men, but that they are actively oppressed, and even abused by men and that power is the key variable.
4) Structural Oppression: this shows how women's inequalities are a result of capitalism, patriarchy, and racism. They make the important insight that not all women, experience...

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Feminism:
* Feminism is a social movement that has taken it’s discourse over the past hundred years. Feminist sociologists look at the inequalities between men and women in society.
* Feminist sociologists believe that society is built on conflict – (disagreement) between men and women, they believe that men have all the power in society and that it is unfair towards women.
* There is more than one type offeminism, although all believe that there is some issue of inequality between men and women, they have differing solution to the issue.
* Liberal Feminism: they believe that men and women are becoming more equal. They believe that the inequality was created due to sexist laws and gender socialisation. They believe that the solution to rid society of sexist laws and, children should be socialised similarly.
* Marxist Feminism: they believe that inequalities between men and women are due to capitalism in society. Women are used as free housewives and minders; bringing up the next generation of workers for the ruling class. They believe the solution is to move towards a more communist society where everybody (men and women) is treated equally as all wealth, property and assets be shared equally.
* Radical Feminism: they believe that there are still big inequalities between men and women, and it’s due to society being patriarchal....

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...FEMINISM
Introduction to Sociology
Feminism
Belief in the social, political, and economic equality
of the sexes.
The movement organized around this belief.
Feminism
Feminist Theory is an outgrowth of the general
movement to empower women worldwide.
Feminism can be defined as a recognition and
critique of male supremacy combined with efforts to
change it.
Feminism
The goals of feminism are:
To demonstrate the importance of women
To reveal that historically women have been
subordinate to men
To bring about gender equity.
Feminism
Simply put:
Feminists fight for the equality of women and argue
that women should share equally in society’s
opportunities and scare resources.
Types
Individualist feminism
Relational Feminism
(Karen Offen)
History
As old as human history itself.
In Germany the feminists were fighting for the right
of women to engage in sexual relations regardless
of marital and legal consideration.
Marianne Weber (the wife of Max Weber) was a
feminist
History
Weber thought that women should be treated
equally in the social institution of marriage, along
with all the other social institutions.
She made it clear that marriage was between a
man and a woman
History
The contemporary feminism movement began in the
1960’s.
Free love helped escape the sexual double standard.
Divorce became commonplace
Women were “happy...